I’ll say a few things…
1. The anger, the hate, the love, the applause, the criticism, all of it is valid and I embrace it.
2. I am a world record holder which means I have attained something no one else in the world has ever done. I was recently honored and awarded by the city of New York.
To be honored and received by the President and the highest office in my own country for this reason is not a crime. (It is not even a national honor by the way).
I have declined many awards.
Comparing me to people who have received awards and recognition from countries that have committed war crimes is at best laughable.
3. I have no interest in partisan politics because of the sensitivity of the work that I do. If that ever changes, then I would resign my role as CEO of chess in slums Africa.
4. The rhetoric that Chess in slums only exists or is relevant because of bad governance is not accurate. The real impact of our work is in the synapses. We’re using chess as a tool to teach cognition and improve academic outcomes. Using it as a social intervention tool is because those children have fallen through the cracks and cannot make it to the classrooms. This is not charity or “NGO”. What most of you measure as the most tangible impact is we just dignifying the stories of the children you see all the time on the streets but pay no attention to. The real impact here is ensuring they have the critical capacity to think for themselves and putting them through formal or vocational education.
I continue to consult with educational institutions and tech companies around the world, so my work will always be relevant and whatever resource or influence that gives me, I will use all of it to serve the children who deserve a place in the world as well.
5. A visit is not an endorsement. I will visit many more people and will continue to sell my chess boards.
6. You may not understand my intentions or character because the only thing you know about me is what I let on social media. But reputation is not character.
It’s been 10 long years of staying with this one thing, so I know for a fact that I have earned the benefit of the doubt.
7. Again, I embrace the love and the hate. But I care for none of it.
In a decade or two, the Chess/STEM institute will stand and it will be a place where thousands of children will dream again and be educated in a way that makes them valuable to the world.
All the strong opinions we have now falls flat in the face of this.
8. Finally, I appreciate everyone who has ever supported the incredible work we’ve done in the last 7 years. We have never applied or received any international grants in this time.
9. We’ve been working with the Lagos state government for about a year now to take kids from Jakande and Isale Eko off the streets. One of them recently graduated from furniture school and is living again. Our collective hurt is valid and we may disagree on politics but there are actual lives at stake and we all have a role to play in whatever capacity to stop this hemorrhage. Yes we will partner with the government to scale this impact and institutionalize it so Tunde stops being the hero of the story. It’s your tax anyway.
10. Finally I’d say this, My fight is different.
I’m not on the fence. I took a stand 10 years ago for the country I want to see.
The truth is I will do many more things that may challenge your perception of me, but I know my heart is in the right place and whatever rooms my vision gives me access to, I will put the dreams and needs of the children first.
I live for the audience of one, and that is enough.
-Tunde Onakoya
Study the act of Option and Choice.
It’s a great read if you are a parent, leader, lawmaker, business owner and almost all spheres of life…
#Ayoolusuccess
Make sure to dig your ditches while it’s yet to rain.
Or else you won’t have water to sustain you when it’s not raining.
Also, when you have enough ditches, you can start exporting the excess water…
Never say never…
Just wish that you will never be in a situation that will make you do same or even worse…
Or better still, build yourself up for “when”such happens then maybe you can scale it.
Stop Judging People.
Apple has fixed the shaking camera issue with the iPhone 14 Pro.
The rear camera’s primary lens would vibrate uncontrollably in third-party apps with camera functionality such as TikTok and Instagram, resulting in shaky video footage on the device. #iphone14shakyamera#iphone14
On other Android Smartphones:
- Go to Settings > Accessibility > Turn on Power button ends call. With that, you will be able to use power button to end Call.
- Click on the usual Red (End Call) icon.
#Amiayomygadgetssolution#Calldecline#Powerbutton#Androidphones.
Here’s how to Decline calls on your smartphone’s with Power Button.
On iPhone:
- Double click the power button to Decline a call
- Also, click the power button once, to silent the call and press again while the phone is still ringing to reject the call…
On Samsung Smartphones:
- Go to settings > call Settings > Answering and Ending Call, then activate “Press side key to end calls”. With that, you will be able to use side button to end calls.
- Click on the usual Red (End Call) icon...
Do you know; 🤔🤔🤔
You cannot switch off your Apple iWatch while you are charging it?
You can only put it off while it’s not connected to charger. 🤗🤗🤗
#Amiayomygadgetssolution#Apple#iWatch
On android:
- Call the person two times within 15 minutes.
- Tell him or her to add you to starred contacts and allow calls from starred contacts only.
#Amiayomygadgetssolution#Donotdisturb
How to get through to someone with Do Not Disturb On.
On iPhone:
- Call the person two times within 3 minutes
- Tell him or her to add you to favorite and give DND permission to all notifications from favorite